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Francis Ngannou became the new UFC heavyweight champion, beating Stipe Miočić on the second try and reaching a rematch for the 2018 loss to the judges.
The Cameroonian did not wait this time for the judges’ assessments. He knocked out the former champion with impressive facial punches early in the second round.
S. Miočičius had won the championship belt in May 2016, when he eliminated Fabricio Werduma. The American subsequently defended the title in battles against Alistair Overeem, Junior dos Santos and F. Ngannou. The title was only lost to Daniel Cormier in 2018.
F. Ngannou, who became the champion, received the award for the best performance of the night (50 thousand US dollars). Vicente Luque’s victory over Tyrone Woodley was recognized as the best fight of the night, and these fighters also received 50,000 more. AMERICAN DOLLAR.
At that time, M. Bukauskas had to swallow another bitter pill: the Lithuanian lost to Pole Michal Oleksiejčiukas by a different decision of the judges 28-29, 29-28, 28-29.
This was M. Bukauskas’ third fight in the UFC organization. He had previously beaten Greek Andreas Mikhailid by technical knockout and lost to Australian Jimmy Crute in a knockout.
Landing early! 🎯
🇱🇹 Bukauskas gaining momentum from the gate. # UFC260 pic.twitter.com/JGtLUvXuWe
– UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) March 28, 2021
In the fight against M. Oleksiejčiukas, the 27-year-old Lithuanian did not give up against the opponent for a round and a half and did not take much damage, but in the middle of the fight the Pole took the initiative and put pressure on the opponent. on the edge of the cage more often.
After the fight, M. Bukauskas claimed that two of the three rounds were better than the opponent, but also acknowledged that the opponent is extremely strong: “I’m not ready to fight the 15 best fighters weighing up to 93 kilograms yet. I’ll have to work, and when I’m ready, I’ll go back to the cage. “
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